The TT machine. It actually has a Hed disk and 808 front now....

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My latest book: "Out of the Melting Pot, Into the Fire" is on sale on Amazon and at other online and local booksellers

Yikes....nevermind thread, that bike (Calfee) deserves its own website......too hot!!!

Outstanding!!!


Those waterbottles, though.....they put me in the mood for milk and cookies.....

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To keep your balance you must keep moving.
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Here's the bike that has had more effect on race outcomes than any other I've owned. Seriously, don't laugh....

Your bikes have an attitude problem.

And rightfully so.

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- Nick
Now that I know some of you guys look through the special needs bags for kicks, I'm gonna put some really weird stuff in mine. I can see it now. "What the heck was he going to do with a family pack of KFC chicken, a football helmet full of peanut butter, a 12 inch rubber dildo, and naked pictures of Bea Arthur?"

Is that a powertap on the mountain bike?

I hate you and your bikes.

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- Nick
Now that I know some of you guys look through the special needs bags for kicks, I'm gonna put some really weird stuff in mine. I can see it now. "What the heck was he going to do with a family pack of KFC chicken, a football helmet full of peanut butter, a 12 inch rubber dildo, and naked pictures of Bea Arthur?"

Love the Campy water bottle. Back in the day, that was the only campy component I could afford, so I rode with it proudly on my Centurion.

i don't know...if jens was a real man he'd have the cannondale srm on those 2 bikes instead of the duraace to shave some 50+ grams. plus the p3sl would be a p3c instead to shave some additional grams too. c'mon jens, step up! "don't hate the player, hate the game." jk, dude. those are some shweet rides. i'd give my left testicle for either one.

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What's up with the milk jug? Nice bikes. I'm jealous. I wish I had money and could ride.

Yup. I take it off for races and run crossmax sl wheels instead, because I'm such a weight weenie. Brings the weight down to about 17lbs.



-jens

Off The Freakin Hook Jens.........especially the Calfee.

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Take care of your body, its by far the coolest thing you're going to ever own.- Can't remember who told me this, but I love it.

Jens, where did u get ur unique water bottle and the bottle cage mounted on ur P3-SL?? I have been looking for that for along time. Thanx!! Isnt that the same one that Peter Reid uses?

Please tell others I didn't ask you to ask this. ;-) It's a Campy biodinamica. I don't think they've been made since 1980-something. I happen to be selling a new in box one:

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=507285



-- Jens

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My latest book: "Out of the Melting Pot, Into the Fire" is on sale on Amazon and at other online and local booksellers

you're single, right? if married, does your wife have any single sisters with a large disposable income?

Not to hijack your thread, but here's mine...

Married. I'll let you in on the secret:

1) Watch the kids every morning so she can sleep in and take a long shower

2) Make dinner every night & wash the dishes

3) Say "those are nice" when you actually want to say "do you really need another pair of shoes?"



;-)

Moooooooo

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Someone asked for more detail on the Calfee..... It's custom with geometry designed by PK Racing. They had to custom wrap the headtube. They couldn't use the standard lug because of the special angle requirements.























-jens

Why do you do this to me?

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- Nick
Now that I know some of you guys look through the special needs bags for kicks, I'm gonna put some really weird stuff in mine. I can see it now. "What the heck was he going to do with a family pack of KFC chicken, a football helmet full of peanut butter, a 12 inch rubber dildo, and naked pictures of Bea Arthur?"

Hi Jens,

The Dragonfly built up nicely! Glad to see Craig was able to get your SRM to work as well. Did it take much modification?

Christopher

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Director of Technology, Product Development, and Education
GURU Sports, a division of Cannondale Sports Unlimited

Your mountain bike weighs three pounds less than my road bike, bastard.

How much does the dragonfly weigh, without the funktified bottle on it?

Could the SRM brain look any more outdated? It might be a bigger eyesore on the dragonfly than the bottle.

Nevertheless, the dragonfly is way hot.

My thoughts exactly...too funny :-)

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Dude, you had me at Dragonfly.

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Elivis needs boats.

How do you like the Hed Alps?

You race a mountain bike with a rigid fork?

Same brand road bike & TT bike as me, but I'm a notch down on the food chain, Tetra Pro & P2K. Although the P3 is a great bike, the Calfee wins the unique/conversation piece award.

Thanks. He just shaved a mm or two off the BB lug, which is so beefy it was no problem.

-jens

Wow!

Lot's of REALLY clean bikes here. Do these bikes ever get ridden?

The only time my bike ever looked like that was on race morning!!

Fleck

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Thanks. I think the Dragonfly weighs around 16. The wheels & tires definitely add a bit. With some 303 tubulars and lightweight skewers, the bike would probably be under 15.

-jens

The Alps are fast wheels, but they go out of true too much and it seems like the Hed factory guys are the only ones capable of truing them.

I only use the Mtb for hillclimbs -- and it's great for that. I'm using it for a climb this week where I've calculated that each ounce costs 2 seconds.

It's pre-suspension vintage (1990, I think) ; I don't think I could put a suspension fork on it if I wanted to.



--jens

Here's my TT steed

Thanks to Tom D for the frame.

jens, i declare, you are a master. if you'd like to never hear the word no again, tell your wife this:

"come here Pretty and sit down. you work too hard, so let me rub your feet while relax. you must make all other women jealous--you can do everything and you're gorgeous. what did I do to deserve you."

now you know the secret. so, use it wisely.

I agree with Fleck...these bike look way too clean. In my training group, the guys with the dirtiest bikes are the fastest cause they have no time to clean due to mega training.

Looks a little slack?????????????

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Take everything I say with a grain of salt. I know nothing.

I know Jens and his wife and all the men on Slowtwitch should be Jealous! she's a keeper!!

Dan...

Nice bikes but the question can you push these babies

Maybe this will answer Fleck, et al. too.....

Hee, hee, don't get me started. I'm not modest, but more like one of those characters in the Iliad, hollering lyric poetry about past exploits at their enemies across the river.

The Calfee goes up Old La Honda Road < 17 min. The Mtb does it <18 -- with 2.0 inch tires. (if you're from the SF area, this might be meaningful).

As for the P3: 1st Place in the Oregon State TT Championships and the Bronze Medal in the Masters Worlds TT (Edmonton, Canada) this year.

If you have any doubts, I encourage you to join me for a ride sometime. ;-)

-jens

Nice build of the P3SL ...

~56 P3C, SRM/Dura ace w/Rotor Q-rings, HED aerobars w/Oval extensions/carbon, Zipp 999s w/ti skewers and conti comp 22's, SBC Ti saddle/Alias, Deda stem, all Dura Ace 10 sp, SPDSL pedals, 3rd brake lever

So do we meet up somewhere between SF and Edmonton?

I agree, I like my bikes like I like my men, down & dirty with me riding on top!

Yeehaw!

But that dragonfly is amazing, I have to change my panties now.

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yes, it's fast.

jerk

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jens-

those bikes are hurting.

here's areal tt bike.

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Thanks, but now that you posted that bit about the new John Cobb aerobars, I'm going to have to go out and buy those too. Damn you! ;-)

Funny, your bike and mine are almost exactly the same, weird and same bar, stem, wheels, cranks except frame

So ... I should be as fast as you, right?

:)

I'm sure I will see you at Masters Nats TT in 06

- gary

I guess the bike will be the first thing that the robbers take when they break in!

Acutually, they may just leave it alone( stupid robbers!!) I have been broken into twice and they came in through the basement door walked right past thousands of dollars of bikes, racing wheels, training equipment and xc-ski gear and they took the usual - my computer, the TV and the CD's. They also left alone( thankfully) thousands of dollars of art-work hanging on the walls.

Fleck

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Reply got chopped. Here it is:

I hope to see you there Gary. It will be my first year in 45s. What group will you be in. In the meantime, I really do hope to get down to Fiesta Isle one of these days.

-jens

Andrew,

That is awesome and very similar to mine (except I have to keep mine in the garage :-)). Do you carry any bottles? Your look like you have a bit of a Mr. A bike position. What saddle do you have and how is it?

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Bikes are very close.... in fact I just ordered an SRM. Although, doubt I will see you at any Nationals. I am a Poser! but I have a nice bike!

Calfee's are the best bikes out there. Here's mine when it was new (Dec. '02).

http://www.bikefanclub.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=410&password=&sort=1&cat=all&page=1

Please excuse the temporary saddle position in the pic.

-Dre

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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

I don't know how to post pics from my harddrive, but I have some awesome pics of a custom 66cm Calfee Tetra built for my friend, NHL all star Zdeno Chara.

He is 6'9" and weights about 270 and his bike is sweet, and only weights 20lbs with the DA 10 group...not bad for a 66cm bike.

If anyone wants them or can post them, let me know.

-Dre

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I've done my cellar out into a training room as such. Plus it security safe, cause it in da house.

Bottles no - Camelbak yes.

Saddle - Sam marco era TT I think, nice bit of pading but wrong shape for me. But didn't get on with it so have the TT specific FIZIK Arione, which is much more comfortable.

Its a very quick bike, ride quality is awesome.

Swee--eet! Parlee and Calfee were tied on my list. The fact that PK Racing had worked a lot with Calfee on custom bikes and the fact that they're on this coast influenced me to choose them.

--jens

Jens,

2 questions, if I may.

What front brake is on your TT bike.

Secondly--about the bottle. I faintly remember a post that your wind tunnel test where the opposite of Cobb's, i.e. the bottle was slower??
I've had some good test results with this thing, but I'm going to do a couple of more accurate field tests now that the season is over:
http://www.arundelbike.com/Chrono.html

That's a Cat Claws (the predecessor of the "Zero Gravity") brake. The Campy bottle did indeed increase drag, so I don't use it for TTs. I imagine the Arundel would have similar results (at least with my setup). I think this all may be very dependent on the bike and even the rider.



--jens

Interesting. I'm using the same frame, and showed about 4-6 fewer watts @40kph with the crono. I need to do a few more runs to come up with anything conclusive, though.

Nice work!
Thanks Sojourner.

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RD at Clash Endurance

Where in France were those pics taken?

The bike shots were in a small town somewhere SW of Mont Ventoux in '04. We were waiting for the peleton.

The pic of me and Zee in the mountains is on Col du Limouches the day before the peleton came through. I've got loads of other great pics from '03 and '04 Tour, just no site to host them and not enough time.

-Dre

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I actually like the look of the confluent lugs on the Tetra more than the blocky ones on the Dragonfly. I just had to have the boron. This way, if I'm riding by a nuclear reactor on the verge of a meltdown, I can be a hero and save the day by yanking my top tube and inserting it to shutdown the reactor.

--jens

Jens,

You mentioned that you Calfee is custom geometry. I had a Calfee a few years ago and sold it because I hated the stock geometry. It was just to twitchy. What kind of changes did you make to the geometry?

Ron

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Ron:

I don't know the actual numbers as Christopher took care of all that. However, I believe the differences were mostly based on accommodating my unusually short femurs & concomitantly small setback (4cm). So it's probably a little steeper than the stock geometry. I haven't had a "twitchiness" problem so far, but then I rarely sprint.

-jens

Ron,
Was it really twitchy, or are you not very comfortable with bike handling? I'm not saying I can handle a bike like Robbie McEwen does or trying to be an a$$, but skill level has a big effect on someone's opinion of "twitchyness."

I love the way my Calfee Tetra Pro (stock) handles and wouldn't even trade it for Peewee Herman's bike.

-Dre

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I can handle a bike fine. Over the years I have actually owned to Calfees one Luna Pro and one Lemond built by Calfee. The Luna handled like shit but he Lemond was great (should have never sold that one). Both bikes had the same Reynolds forks. IMHO it was the 74 deg head tube on the Luna that caused most of the handling issues especially on the rough roads that I ride.

Edit: Calfee's stock geometry for my size 58 luna not only had a 74deg head tube but a shortish toptube and very short front center. Add my long arms and need for a long stem and my weight was just two far forward on the bike.

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jerk, nice 'cross bike. what brakeset are you using? How do you like 'em? Looks like Empellas or Spooky's? I'm looking for some new brakes and considering those... Thanks.

they're actually paul neo-retros which are like the old mafacs except they use regular v-brake pads. the jerk has had the spooky brakes on another cross bike and those were also excellent. if you have to choose, the pauls will allow you to use better brake pads but the spookys use a better cable hanger set-up.

jerk

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What are you doing to your Rex? Classic Rex is "Bizarro Merckx" (blue with orange panels)- straight up Merckx is acceptable too. Other worthwhile variations: omaha orange with cream panels. Saronni (burgundy with white panels). Yellow (the light yellow with a purple clear coat that Steve likes)- also with cream panels. As you can guess, it is all about panels.

I am having a "winter" Rex with fender braze-ons made. Still decding on a paint job.

Nice- have Russ do white bands around the edges of the panels. Post a pic when it is done.

Blue not Olive. It will have kind of a Della Santa-ish look. If you ask Steve, he will tell you to paint the fork silver to match the frame.

They appear to have gotten it ;-)

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When it hurts is when it feels good ;-)
Sergio-Marques.com

I am in LOVE!!!!!!

My S/R-bends come in next week. Cant wait... Ill have to work on getting lower then my current no spacers though if i want to get to that kinda drop. :-)

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Is that you Dre or is that a mini version?

showoff...

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Aren't we all ;-)

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When it hurts is when it feels good ;-)
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hah, you'll get what's coming to you sergio :D
just give me like 3 years. ^^ Then we'll see who the showoff REALLY is

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Man....
you need to straighten the fringe on that rug.....sheesh...

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That is a very nice wood door. It is nice to see a little class here on ST, normally you see some single dude with 10 bikes who lives in a 1bdrm apt. Is the outside finished wood also?

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Here's a couple, including some shots I took this AM, complete with dirt and training wheels, just for Fleck ;-)

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